Talk:Mertensia virginica

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A user called Biopics keeps redirecting and recategorizing wikimedia content from "Mertensia virginica" to "Mertensia pulmonarioides" which is an obscure synonym for Mertensia virginica that seems to appear occasionally in the horticultural trade overseas. In America, where Mertensia virginica is a native species, there is no current controversy over it's name. The accepted scientific binomial name is Mertensia virginica. I only started contributing to wikipedia and wikimedia recently, and I am not sure what the best way to address this issue is. I went through and tried to correct their mistakes, but before I could even finish, they were changing it back again. I'm not sure how to get in contact with this person, or even if they are a real person or a robot. Can someone with more experience please help? Fritzflohrreynolds (talk) 23:50, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I just noticed that another user, called Zhuyifei1999, has also been miscategorizing images of Mertensia virginica. I have tried my best to fix these, mostly by going into their "History" and undoing the edit. Now there are redundant levels of categorization though, and I'm not sure how to clean this up. I have left messages for both Zhuyifei1999 and Biopics on their talk pages, but have yet to hear back from either of them. Biopics talk page has a notice on it that says "This user is inactive until further notice" which is dated June 2013, so i'm not sure if they will respond to me. It appears that they are both much more experienced at editing than I am, but since I am better informed about plants, I am hoping that they will actually help to fix this, and not just ignore me. Fritzflohrreynolds (talk) 01:17, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]